Page 3 - LN1- NOTES & SUMMARY

Clattered- (loud noise made by the train brakes)
Veered- change direction

The train had stopped and the boys reached their destination where they
gathered their luggage and de-boarded the train only to find a platform that was
too crowded. Pranjol’s parents had come to receive them. After almost an hour,
they reached Dhekiabari, Pranjol’s tea garden after taking a turn and making
their way through a cattle-bridge.

Gravel- small, rounded stones often mixed with sand
Pruned- cut away from a tree

Their tea garden was stretched upon a vast area of land. All the bushes were cut
to the same height and they had been taken care of. On the fields, tea pluckers
were seen wearing an apron and carrying the bamboo baskets in order to pluck
the freshly-sprouted leaves.